Abstract

The conservation of biological diversity, its sustainable use and the
equitable sharing of its benefits are the main objectives of the convention
on Biological Diversity. It seems that human activities are the immediate
causes for the loss of biological diversity and the solutions and remedies
are lying in the human behaviour. The term conservation and protection
covers a large variety of practices. They may be used interchangeable or
with different meanings depending on the situation. This makes lot of
confusion to the debate. But in strict sense conservation is an approach
that considers the long term variability of ecosystems within the context of
resource and environmental projects. Conservation involves a concept of
protection that does not prevent humans from intervening in natural
processes. The term protection is reserved for operations aimed explicitly
at safeguarding environments or species endangered by human activities.